THE AFTER-WAR SETTLEMENT OF EX-SERVICE MEN IN THE OVERSEA DOMINIONS.
The After-War Settlement and Employment of ex-Service Men in the Oversee Dominions. Report to the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir Rider Haggard. (Saint Catherine Press. 3d.)—Sir Rider Haggard, between February and July last, visited the Dominions, conferred with the Governments, and made many public speeches on the question of keeping within the Empire such of our soldiers as care to emigrate after the war. Savo in South Africa, where small farmers are at a disadvan- tage, Sir Rider found thit the Dominioni would welcome our retired soldiers, and, so far as possible, allot land to them, or provide employment on the same terms as to their own veterans. Thi■DorninionGoTemments
would reserve the right to select such intending emigrants in England. Sir Rider's unofficial mission, undertaken on behalf of the Royal Colonial Institute, should have valuable results, if the work that he began is carried on and a definite scheme is prepared. We simply cannot afford to let our good men emigrate to countries outside the British Empire, which has now a white population of only fifty-eight millions and which offers the most varied possibilities to the intelligent and industrious.
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